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Originally Posted by Talking Heads
Like Brexit, the No vote was won on a raft of false promises.
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All of three independence votes (Scotland, Brexit, and Catalonia) had the same major deficiency - no real facts about what would happen after the vote. Both sides just made assumptions which suited their position, without any basis in fact, then tried to convince voters to buy into their fiction with an emotive appeal.
Unfortunately, that seems to be the nature of politics at the moment. Too much showbiz and not enough analysis.